FASHION NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 165, 14 July 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)

FASHION NOTES.

PERSONALI+Y IN CLOTHES.

BUTTONS RETURN.

(By A PARISIAN EXPERT.)

There are some new knitted coats which have cross-stitcli embroidery on them which are very chic (writes our Paris correspondent). They show a mixture of silk and wool and several colours. Yet they are quite simple. The coat may be hand-knitted in silk, with woollen embroideries, and a woollen outline to the neck. It sounds fantastic, but it is not.

: All country clothes need to be chosen carefully, or they fall into something vpry ordinary. It is not enough to get a white frock and a bright woolleh coat. The white dress must be something more than just that. Remember the scathing-comment of the poet about the man to whom "a primrose by the river's brim, a yellow primrose was' to him." Well, it is like that with white frocks and coloured" coats. The white dress must be your white dress, not anybody's white dress, and the same with the coat.

Clothes should, tell something about a person who wears them. It is really better to be personal in one's dress than merely fashionable. In this way there is less risk of being extravagant, and more chance of learning to grow old gracefully! I

To want to look like the last fashion picture is a pity, and the best a smart woman can aspire to is to have a style Jof her own and stick to it." The style shoudd not be rigid in line or colour. Styie, as a matter of fact, is continually changing a little in detail, since time does not stand still, but it remains personal always, and therefore is never a slavish copy of fashion.

Buttons Important as Details in Mode.

Except for its practical purpose the plain little button has had a back seat [for a long time, but now it seems to have made its beauty seen and its small little, voice heard to the point that it has a stellar part in the mode for spring. Many of the new buttons are enormous, but the size depends mainly on the use. Large crystal buttons, large topaz buttons, large a>methyst, ruby, and emerald huttons, these all have a place down the front of a crepe or satin blouse, or one n brocaded metal cloth, or, of course, ilong the side of the opening of these, openings in jumpers often have ows of smaller buttons along the slightly slanting, horizontal lines, which jive easy staircase effect.

Small , pearl buttons, which look like the larger pearls that used to swirl -ound'the -throat, come as-an important e l ementl J Buttons, studded *ith Brill^ants^ jfeap from the shoe to tp?. Bat; in each case this plaot of the, fcutton or especially when fused in pairs. Coats are often buttoned down one side where m3BP9-*P a ' t " »d the ident idea is repeated in sports and skirts, but with these the more familiar bone button takes the place. Ribbons. US£? ns h , a . ve a importance in the dressmaking world this season, and they are used in the form of bandings and trimmings so adroitly that the casual eye does not realise that thev are ribbons—a quaint conceit in the feminine mode. In all types of frocks, ribbon is used in such a manner that it gives them the appearance of bein<» all in one piece. It disguises a rather higher waistline, which appears to be not so high because of the belt in the l. 18 otten Part of the skirt, but there are many frocks with distinctly normal waists, defined by a slim gold belt of flat links. Paris Millinery for the Kiddies. ; Modern young ladies from the nursery are very hard to please. There is plenty of choice fpr .hats for them this spring in Paris. Of the several new "models" in felt, one has a faint far-away resemblance to the middy cap, the tammy part attached to a band of garter-stitch in a contrasting colour, and held down on one side with a flower motif. For the two and three-year-old, there is a new version of the fisherman's cap. This is made In brushed wool, all ruckled up into folds and fastened by a tassel on the left side. A big bold rose, worked in the centre in thick wools, supplies the extra decoration. This looks its nicest in blue and white, and should be worn with a coat to match. Our Sketch. Pretty foulard dress showing the new up-in-the-front skirt movement. Brilliant scarlet flowers scattered on a cream background, give this little frock a delightfully summery appearance.